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In a nutshell, it was born as a personal project to document the incredible work that’s being created everyday by incredibly talented people. Pinterest, GimmeBar, Delicious et al are great, but to be frank they didn’t cut the mustard for a desire to get under the skin and into some creative minds. That’s where DJ was born, as a mechanism to learn about the creators, not just the work and to give a pat on the back to studios and creatives that fall under the ’boutique’ heading or otherwise don’t get the props their work deserves. Since then it’s grown somewhat as more people have joined the project.

Designers Journal is a chronicle of jottings, doodles and graphic design & creative eye candy from boutiques around the world, curated by designers in the UK, NZ and Australia.

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Pleased to meet you…

Designers Journal is a chronicle of jottings,
doodles and graphic design & creative eye candy
from boutiques around the world, curated by
designers in the UK, NZ and Australia.

A chronicle of jottings, doodles & boutique design treats

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Blending has become the way we most of society consuming their five a day. It seems you just throw everything in and and the tough blades breaks everything down to extract the maximum nutrition from the food. In a way Miklós Kiss has done the same thing. He’s taken all the elements and blended them together to create a simple but nourishing outcome.

A man of seemingly few words, Quim Marin is a super rare talent who skillfully time and time again creates distinctive designs. Quim’s latest work for Wannahost, a home rental and host company based in Costa Brava, sees a typical injection of personality through simple forms. Centred around the messaging ‘Don’t worry, rent happy’ the identity plays with that warm and fuzzy feeling you get when you are comfortable in your surrounds.

As the eyes of the world are currently on mother Russia, it only seems appropriate to take a look at what’s going on in the industry in that part of the word. So first up, some very nice projects from Alexey Malina, an studio based in Moscow, working “to create the design which forms visual demand. Studio creates memorable works and helps brands to find individuality using simple and elegant communications.” Cast your eyes on this… Tw. @alexey_malina

Really love the work by Michael Freimuth ~ art director, designer, illustrator and former ADC Young Gun and winner of ’08 Print Magazine New Visual Artist Award, based in Brooklyn, NY. He has worked as art director at the design agency Tender, in Manhattan, and is currently freelancing for a range of clients. He’s also CD at large for both Chicago-based Proximity Magazine, and the design journal Matériel. Check him out… Tw. @michaelfreimuth

Since stumbling across the aesthetic of Johanna Bonnevier we’ve become big fans. She’s a Swedish born art director, graphic designer and illustrator and graduate of Central Saint Martins, now based in East London. Johanna has freelanced for a handful of studios and worked in publishing but has since made the jump to juggling her own studio whilst also working as Senior Creative Designer at Topshop. Johanna says; “I very much enjoy working in lots of different fields and […]

Allow us to regale you with a tale of perseverance, triumph and the American dream… Hailing from Eindhoven, the Netherlands, meet Rutger Paulusse. His misspent youth was pivoted around graffiti-based antics, as he grew older his interest for letters only swelled; he kept drawing and tagging, drawing and tagging. Because of that, a friend of his, a tattoo-artist, motivated our young hero to go to art-school. He’d never thought of that… thus registered himself for admission. Alas, […]

Bradley Rogerson is a jack of all trades, master of all. The design wizz has turned his hand to many a creative discipline over the years from directing music videos to wine packaging and website design with equally scrumptious results across the board. He currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand and focuses on freelance and contract opportunities. www.bradleyrogerson.com